Creating Ethnicity: The Process of EthnogenesisSAGE Publications, 1989 - 168 páginas Creating Ethnicity raises the important question of `what is ethnic?' Using case studies from Canada, Zaire, Belgium and Bolivia, Roosens shows that ethnicity does not always stem from ancient tradition, but can be shaped, modified, recreated or even manufactured in modern society. The author largely focuses on the Huron Indians of Quebec, an ethnic group that had all but disappeared, but which manufactured an ethnic tradition almost from scratch in the midst of a modern, industrialized nation. They are contrasted with other ethnic groups in other countries, whose paths to ethnic identity were very different. Finally, Roosens examines a contemporary European city, Brussels, and shows how various ethnic minorities preserved, shaped an |
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Acknowledgments | 8 |
Indian Status | 21 |
The Hurons of Quebec | 45 |
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Términos y frases comunes
Amerindians ancestors assimilated authorities autochthons Aymara Aymara of Turco bands become Belgian Belgium Brussels Canada Canadian Catholic century colonial considered Cultural Assimilation cultural relativism demands developed dian dominant economic emancipated ethnic belonging ethnic groups ethnic identity ethnogenesis Euro-Canadian Europe fact feel Flemish French grand chief hunting Huron Village ideology immigrants Indian groups Indian law Indian leaders Indian status Indian women Indians of Quebec Indios Inuit Iroquois Islam James Bay Jesuits Kalonji Kasai labor land language large number live Luba Luba-Kasai Luluwa majority marriages married material Max Gros-Louis mestizos métis migrants minorities modern Montagnais Mukendi Muslim native non-Indians number of Indians official one's origin parents Parti Québecois past Pauwels political population present Quebec Rapport Dorion reality recognized region registered Indians relations René Lévesque reservation Roosens schools social socioeconomic territory tion trade Trigger Turqueños Wendat whites
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